Client Executive, Higher Education

Why WWT?

At World Wide Technology, we work together to make a new world happen. Our important work benefits our clients and partners as much as it does our people and communities across the globe. WWT is dedicated to achieving its mission of creating a profitable growth company that is also a Great Place to Work for All. We achieve this through our world-class culture, generous benefits and by delivering cutting-edge technology solutions for our clients.

WWT was founded in 1990 in St. Louis, Missouri. We employ more than 10,000 people globally and closed nearly $20 billion in revenue in 2023. We have an inclusive culture and believe our core values are the key to company and employee success. WWT is proud to have been included on the FORTUNE "100 Best Places to Work For" list 13 years in a row!

Want to work with highly motivated individuals that come together to form high performance team? Come join WWT today! We are looking for a Client Executive to join our SLED Central team.

As a Client Executive you will lead WWT sales efforts with Named Higher Education accounts in Missouri. Armed with the expertise of our sales engineering team, you'll build and nurture relationships with our customer leaders, identify gaps within the customers technical environment and deliver state of the art solutions in areas such as Infrastructure Modernization, Multicloud Architecture, Security Transformation and Digital Strategy. With our Advanced Technology Center and Platform (https://www.wwt.com/atc) at your fingertips for briefings, training, workshops, demos and POC's you'll be delivering best in class results for your customers.

Want to learn more about our SLED team? Check us out on our platform:

https://www.wwt.com/state-and-local-government

What will you be doing?

The Named Client Executive will sell broad technical services, solutions and products to our customers within the local market. Day to day responsibilities will include building meaningful relationships within a territory, leading customer sales meetings and presentations, and bringing customer requests to the WWT technical teams for scoping. The Client Executive will team with local Engineers and Architects, as well as experts to truly provide expertise and value. The ability to listen, learn and understand broad technical solutions is required as you look to provide value to our customers on cutting edge technologies. This position will require the ability to travel up to 25%.

Responsibilities:

• Position WWT capabilities and service offerings with client business and technology objectives.
• Acts in a consultative fashion and is regarded by the customers and partners (OEMs).
• Effective at working with cross functional teams to develop business relevant solutions for our customers and partners.
• Develop and execute account strategy.
• Lead a high performance team of inside sales, technology specialists, and consultants.
• Create and drive sales campaigns from discovery to close.
• Build and maintain relationships with C-level executives and decision-making leaders at targeted clients.
• Manage a pipeline of opportunities and forecast accurately.

Requirements:

• Candidates must have a successful track record in Higher Education Sales.
• Candidates must have existing and successful Higher Education relationships in Missouri and direct account experience within the assigned territory.
• 7+ years Account Management experience.
• Executive level customer experience and current relationships are essential for success.
• Experience with consultative services sales approach and/or disruptive technology is highly desired.
• A recent understanding of the Higher Education technical challenges and account complexities within the specific territory.
• Strong consultative services sales experience is highly desired.
• Understanding the diverse selling motions of Higher Education, including contracts and programs and an ability to creatively identify traditional and non-traditional paths to market.
• Ideal experience includes sales of technology focused on Network, Collaboration, Security, Data and AI, Data Centers and Cloud.
• Strong skills in developing new relationships with customers and the ability to interpret clients' technical challenge and develop the appropriate solution.
• Critical skills necessary are account planning with an extended team, calling at all levels within the customer's organization, and managing partner relationships.
• Outstanding communication and organizational skills required.
• Reside in St. Louis Metro Area.
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent industry experience preferred.

The well-being of WWT employees is essential. So, when it comes to our benefits package, WWT has one of the best. We offer the following benefits to all full-time employees:

• Health and Wellbeing: Heath, Dental, and Vision Care, Onsite Health Centers, Employee Assistance Program, Wellness program
• Financial Benefits: Competitive pay, Profit Sharing, 401k Plan with Company Matching, Life and Disability Insurance, Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid Time Off: PTO & Holidays, Parental Leave, Sick Leave, Military Leave, Bereavement
• Additional Perks: Nursing Mothers Benefits, Voluntary Legal, Pet Insurance, Employee Discount Program

Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Differently abled